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Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> lyalliana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoa cheilostoma lyalliana Suter, 1898
=Rissoia (Alvania) plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1908
=Rissoia plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1898
Images: Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
In beach drift, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 2.5mm
In beach drift, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 2.6mm
Taxonomy
Family:
LIRONOBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Rissooidea (Superfamily)
> Lironobidae (Family)
> Merelina (Genus)
> lyalliana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967
=Merelina (Promerelina) Powell, 1926
=Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967
=Promerelina Powell, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rissoa cheilostoma lyalliana Suter, 1898
=Rissoia (Alvania) plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1908
=Rissoia plicata var. lyalliana Suter, 1898
Details: Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.9mm, Width 1.1mm
Distribution:
North and upper South Island
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.108)
  • Gardner, N.W. Dec/1977 The species of Merelina Iredale, (Rissoidae), occurring in intertidal drift, Poirieria, 9(3) (p.53)
  • Suter, H. 1898 Revision of the New Zealand Rissoiidae, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 3 (p.6) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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